Chinese ports exceed 220 million TEU

Chinese ports have handled 220.5 million TEU from January to August, representing an 8.2 per cent increase year-on-year (YoY).

In August, the Port of Shanghai’s container throughput climbed by 7.9 per cent YoY to 4.51 million TEU; in the first eight months of 2024, the port has already moved an impressive 34.75 million TEU.

The Ningbo Zhoushan Port recorded a 12.9 per cent YoY increase to 3.6 million TEU last month, while the Port of Shenzhen witnessed the biggest YoY growth, with a 14.5 per cent increase to 3.15 million.

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In terms of container freight rates, the average value of the Ningbo Containerized Freight Index (NCFI) was 1763.9 points in September 2024, down 26.0 per cent month-on-month (MoM) and up 172.5 per cent YoY.

One of the 21 routes’ freight indexes climbed MoM, while the freight indexes of the other 20 routes decreased.

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In July, A.P. Moller-Maersk (Maersk) inaugurated a new ocean shipping route between China and Bangladesh to address increasing trade demand, particularly in the retail sector.